NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

GeForce 9500 GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 29 July 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $85.99. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G96C.

Core clock speed - 1400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 8.8 billion / sec. Pipelines - 32. Floating-point performance - 89.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 314 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 / 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz. Memory bandwidth - 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2).

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
166
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
0.612 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
56.838 Frames/s
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1505 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1505.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 166
PassMark - G2D Mark 32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 0.612 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 56.838 Frames/s
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1505 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1505.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G96C
Launch date 29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $85.99
Place in performance rating 1667
Price now $85.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 4.13

Technical info

Core clock speed 1400 MHz
CUDA cores 32
Floating-point performance 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 32
Texture fill rate 8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA
SLI